Brolly

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Patrick McDaid, Patrick Brolly and Pius McCarron were injured, though whether by gunfire or otherwise was a matter of controversy. (much detail) The evidence of the soldiers is then summed up in one of the most masterfully written passages so far: (summary of why the soldiers 'accounts must be wrong)

Mr. McClaren was crucified by the media — one newspaper referred to him as the "Wally with a Brolly" — and was relieved of duty the very next day, following the shortest tenure of any England boss in history, just 16 months.

Mr. McClaren was crucified by the media one newspaper referred to him as the "Wally with a Brolly" and was relieved of duty the very next day, following the shortest tenure of any England boss in history, just 16 months.

The former England coach was hurt, deeply, by those "Wally with the Brolly" jibes, but this afternoon, in a pretty university city a short drive from the Belgian border, McClaren may well give everyone who revelled in ridiculing him pause for thought.

Bild dubbed McClaren "Steve McSiege-Weg" Steve McWinsGone, although the media have generally warmed to a man whose reputation in England will, rightly or wrongly, always be tainted by the "Wally with a Brolly" night at Wembley in 2007.